Immigrant workers are important to Gainesville’s poultry industry, said Mike Giles, president of the Georgia Poultry Federation, at an immigration meeting Tuesday in Duluth. Giles took part in a panel discussion before the Georgia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Other panel members included Karen Bremer, Georgia Restaurant Association; Charles Hall, Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association; and Manuel Zurita, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.